There is nothing unusual about a congressman from Houston being a big supporter of the U.S. space program. But it is unusual when that lawmaker tends to get more excited about Mars rovers, outer planetary probes and planet-hunting telescopes than he does about the human spaceflight programs that are the lifeblood of his hometown's Johnson Space Center. Rep. John Culberson, a Republican, insists he loves manned and unmanned space exploration equally, but his passion for robotic missions is evident in the collection of framed Mars photos and memorabilia hanging in his Capitol Hill office.
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